About the Basser Center

Located within Penn Medicine's Abramson Cancer Center, The Basser Center for BRCA focuses exclusively on BRCA1 and BRCA2. The Basser Center is the first comprehensive BRCA-focused center of its kind with research initiatives ranging from the basic biology of BRCA-related cancers to communication of BRCA test results within families. The center has a broad mission:

To use cutting edge research in basic and clinical sciences to advance the care of individuals living with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations.

History of Basser

A $25 million gift to the University of Pennsylvania from alumni Mindy and Jon Gray established the Basser Center for BRCA, a center focused solely on the prevention and treatment of cancers that are associated with heritable BRCA mutations, which greatly increase risk of breast and ovarian cancer.